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use the president came to congress and there was a vote on a use o. force prior to him engaging in force. some say well, this is no big deal.fight wa whene the president should be able toh fight where whenever you want te fight for. i beg to differ in our founding fathers day to differ. madison said that the what constitution supposes what history demonstrates, that thete executive is the branch mosts prone to war and most intereste. in it. therefore, the constitution hasa withstood the care and vested the powern declare war in the congress. incbly i think this is an incrediblyur important debate. when we talk about sending our young men and women into harm's way to another war, the fact that we would have a president send us to war without any had debate coming of people's representatives have had absolutely no debate that we arw now involved in a third war. the language of my resolution if not unfamiliar to many. t the language of thishi resolutit by the president's words. in 2007, barack obama said the president does not have power under the consti
use the president came to congress and there was a vote on a use o. force prior to him engaging in force. some say well, this is no big deal.fight wa whene the president should be able toh fight where whenever you want te fight for. i beg to differ in our founding fathers day to differ. madison said that the what constitution supposes what history demonstrates, that thete executive is the branch mosts prone to war and most intereste. in it. therefore, the constitution hasa withstood the care...
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and they gave us their. mr. whitehouse: whit-- andthey bangalore and they gave us their insiects as to what is - bing ay gave us their insights as to what is caution the rise in gasoline prices at the pump. let me go through four charts here to try to summarize what they told us that he briefing. i think it is very useful information for my colleagues and for anyone else who's interested in the subject. this first chart is labeled "gasoline prices reflect the cost of crude oil." a fundamental truth which they all subscribe to is that the primary driver of the price of gasoline at the pump is in fact the price of crude oil on world markets. this chart demonstrates that. if it shows the price trends since 2005 for gasoline. that's the yellow line on this chart. and it shows the price of crude oil. that's the green line. while some past gasoline price spikes can be attributed to phasing out of the additive mtbe, for the last three years, gasoline price movements have exactly tracked global crude oil prices. society
and they gave us their. mr. whitehouse: whit-- andthey bangalore and they gave us their insiects as to what is - bing ay gave us their insights as to what is caution the rise in gasoline prices at the pump. let me go through four charts here to try to summarize what they told us that he briefing. i think it is very useful information for my colleagues and for anyone else who's interested in the subject. this first chart is labeled "gasoline prices reflect the cost of crude oil." a...
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it roots us in our state. it grounds us. i'm proud to honor these folks today during national agriculture week. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent to proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. durbin: i ask at that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: it is my understanding that we are in morning business. officer sphe the senator is correct. mr. durbin: this week we are considering legislation on the senate floor that affected small business. i want to talk about another issue very important to small business, and it is the topic of interchange fees known as swipe fees. la
it roots us in our state. it grounds us. i'm proud to honor these folks today during national agriculture week. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: i ask unanimous consent to proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without...
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this particular bill in front of us is one more opportunity for us to partner with small businesses who are on the cutting edge of new innovations and new ideas. we just passed a patent change to update our patent laws last week, and i'm very proud that the one satellite patent office in the country is in detroit because we're in the heart of innovation and new technologies. well, we need to make sure that our small businesses are able to compete successfully and have the partnership dollars they need to be able to create these new innovations. and that's what this legislation does. we know that small businesses create two-thirds of all new jobs in america. our top priority should be working with them to create an environment so small businesses can thrive and create jobs. i have to say even in our wonderful automobile industry which is roaring back, mr. president, the majority of our jobs are in the small- and medium-size suppliers. so it's very much about small business. medium-size businesses. this particular program was first created by president reagan in 1982, and it has helped li
this particular bill in front of us is one more opportunity for us to partner with small businesses who are on the cutting edge of new innovations and new ideas. we just passed a patent change to update our patent laws last week, and i'm very proud that the one satellite patent office in the country is in detroit because we're in the heart of innovation and new technologies. well, we need to make sure that our small businesses are able to compete successfully and have the partnership dollars...
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to us. president obama was in my embassy signing the condolence book and made a statement at rose garden and spoke to prime minister kan. he said u.s. will do everything it can. american people are sending us assistance through your red cross, ngo and other channels, and you are sending your sympathy, expressing your friendship the us. to us. your forces in japan and pacific fleet are heroically engaging in search and rescue and transporting goods to the affected area. your experts are working with our nuclear experts as well. we are working, as strob said, in washington as well as in tokyo every hour to try to come to better solution. it's not an easy situation, but as president obama and prime minister kan said, we should overcome the situation, and we will cover overcome the situation. again, we are grateful to american people for your solidarity and being with us at this very difficult moment. i thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to brook
to us. president obama was in my embassy signing the condolence book and made a statement at rose garden and spoke to prime minister kan. he said u.s. will do everything it can. american people are sending us assistance through your red cross, ngo and other channels, and you are sending your sympathy, expressing your friendship the us. to us. your forces in japan and pacific fleet are heroically engaging in search and rescue and transporting goods to the affected area. your experts are working...
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us where they are? and mr. donilon said last week that the u.s. disaster relief teams were going to be going into libya. is there -- are there u.s. personnel on their way to libya, benghazi or anywhere else? how many, when coming and what sort of security might they have if they go? >> it's a regional team of 15 people coming and as mr. donilon said, we are fully prepared and will go in as soon as the security situation permits us to do so. as you know, it's very fluid and rapidly evolving to the estimate are they holding them somewhere like malta or something? >> i can't go into those details. >> okay. >> sorry, kirit, did you have a question or -- >> owls my question. >> great, go ahead. >> in your op-ed before you left on your trip, you were very clear in pointing out that the budget cuts for the international affairs budget could directly impact the work we are doing in tunisia and each of and that you were set to explode. can you talk more about that? when you got there, what do you anticipate gene
us where they are? and mr. donilon said last week that the u.s. disaster relief teams were going to be going into libya. is there -- are there u.s. personnel on their way to libya, benghazi or anywhere else? how many, when coming and what sort of security might they have if they go? >> it's a regional team of 15 people coming and as mr. donilon said, we are fully prepared and will go in as soon as the security situation permits us to do so. as you know, it's very fluid and rapidly...
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it's a use of the. if you use it, you pay for. if you don't use it you don't pay for it. so even the knuckle crackers who have been elected in this last election that sort of wander in and say we hate taxes, we're not going to raise taxes, i do know how we're going to function as a government and less we spend something. but at the end of the day this is fair. and we are not asking, if you don't operate on the roads, you don't pay for them. and the same with the transit and the same with everything else. you have to get in to these folks offices during your time here. and going to tell you right now that if you go in and say, we know times are tough and we're just sort of, if you could hold is at the safety levels we be really appreciative, that's nuts. you have to go in and say listen, this is an important thing. gas prices are expected at five bucks in this summer. how are we going to move people? how are we going to build america? how are going to put people back to work in less you a robust funding stream in the transportation sector. and if you don't do that -- [appl
it's a use of the. if you use it, you pay for. if you don't use it you don't pay for it. so even the knuckle crackers who have been elected in this last election that sort of wander in and say we hate taxes, we're not going to raise taxes, i do know how we're going to function as a government and less we spend something. but at the end of the day this is fair. and we are not asking, if you don't operate on the roads, you don't pay for them. and the same with the transit and the same with...
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hardly any of them take us up. we would like to be allowed, and we don't think we ought to have to ask for permission to make it mandatory. but there are a lot of things that you have to get permission to do. waivers are a problem that you'll hear from many people. i want to tell you that state plan amendments can be just as big of a problem. we have a state plan amendment where they met the 180 day requirement to improve the state plan, then it took them a year to improve the contract that was going to be part of the state plan amendment. and that doesn't help. let me just make one other point about this. i know my time is up. i think it's important. we have $7 million in medicaid that comes from fines paid by the nursing homes that had some violation. we have to get cms's permission to spend that. we ask for permission to spend it to build the facility from the 20 to 25 very sick children, typically vent patients that right now we'd have to put in the hospital, very expensive care, or send them out of state becau
hardly any of them take us up. we would like to be allowed, and we don't think we ought to have to ask for permission to make it mandatory. but there are a lot of things that you have to get permission to do. waivers are a problem that you'll hear from many people. i want to tell you that state plan amendments can be just as big of a problem. we have a state plan amendment where they met the 180 day requirement to improve the state plan, then it took them a year to improve the contract that was...
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libya, all of us are muslim. all of us are sunnis. all of us, we are -- [inaudible] no faction in libya. they are libyans. they are patriots. they are fighters. and in jihad against the italians, their sacrifice are quite real. and we are quite proud of them. they are our brothers. no difference between someone from different cities, we are united. we are one tribe, the tribe of libya. [applause] >> there is one -- yes. just to clarify, just to add to it, after the liberation of the cities in libya, most of the cities have established civilian governing bodies. these civilian governing bodies are made of lawyers, of judges, are made of the youth of the movement, and all of them are working now even though in the short period they have shown the people when the people govern themselves really, not as the slogans they used to do, they have done a better job, and the people have seen a difference. all the material that we see sometimes in the western press, it's really amazing that people don't know what's going on in libya. they speak o
libya, all of us are muslim. all of us are sunnis. all of us, we are -- [inaudible] no faction in libya. they are libyans. they are patriots. they are fighters. and in jihad against the italians, their sacrifice are quite real. and we are quite proud of them. they are our brothers. no difference between someone from different cities, we are united. we are one tribe, the tribe of libya. [applause] >> there is one -- yes. just to clarify, just to add to it, after the liberation of the...
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it is a great threat to us. and this week chairman conrad, a very able democratic chairman of the budget committee, knowledgeable and fair, has been having hearings. we've had the secretary of education, the secretary of energy, the secretary of transportation testify to us about their portion of this overall budget, this budget that would triple -- double the debt in ten years. what do you think education is asking for? what are they asking for for education? well, think back about your states, what you've been reading about cities and school systems and county school systems and states cutting budgets, having to do for less, reducing costs, reducing teachers, reducing costs in really any way that they can. they have been doing a lot of things that they've had to do. some of them are probably going to make that system stronger in the future, but they're not easy. you'd rather not have to make tough choices. but they're doing it all over america. our u.s. department of education, however, demands an 11% increase
it is a great threat to us. and this week chairman conrad, a very able democratic chairman of the budget committee, knowledgeable and fair, has been having hearings. we've had the secretary of education, the secretary of energy, the secretary of transportation testify to us about their portion of this overall budget, this budget that would triple -- double the debt in ten years. what do you think education is asking for? what are they asking for for education? well, think back about your...
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us opt out. we can't live under these mandates. but the president's solution is to cram more people on to medicaid, a program that doesn't work, where many doctors won't see these patients, where the reimbursements are so low, hospitals say we can't afford to see these patients because of the impact it will have. you know, even the -- the actuaries, the people that look at this, the fair and appropriate way to look at the numbers say 15% of the hospitals in this country ten years from now may not be able to b be open because of the way that this health care law is going. that's not going to provide more access. it's providing less access. and why have seniors rejected this so overwhelmingly? seniors have looked at this and they see $500 billion in medicare cuts. and things like medicare advantage. and there's an advantage to income that program. that's why one out of four seniors have set up that progr program. and have chosen that program. it's because they want choice. and this health care law
us opt out. we can't live under these mandates. but the president's solution is to cram more people on to medicaid, a program that doesn't work, where many doctors won't see these patients, where the reimbursements are so low, hospitals say we can't afford to see these patients because of the impact it will have. you know, even the -- the actuaries, the people that look at this, the fair and appropriate way to look at the numbers say 15% of the hospitals in this country ten years from now may...
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we've used it, but it's worth using again, and we have hundreds. qualcomm, a country very well-known, it developed the software primarily that allows wireless communication 20 years ago. nobody ever heard of qualcomm and very few people had cell phones that weighed, you know, less than three pounds each, as i remember. but 25 to 30 people came together with dr. jacobs. they sat in his den. he testified before our committee just last week on this. and he said, through the sbir program, their initial idea got a couple a hundred thousand dollars and then phase 2, they got $1.5 million, which is what this program does, incentivizing our giving grants or contracts to very -- to emerging technologies, well before a bank would take a look, well before venture capital funds would even look their direction. you have to develop the technology to a point and then have it launched. this is where there's what he described the valley of death. you know, great ideas, but there's just not a lot of patient capital out there, and particularly in this recessionary pe
we've used it, but it's worth using again, and we have hundreds. qualcomm, a country very well-known, it developed the software primarily that allows wireless communication 20 years ago. nobody ever heard of qualcomm and very few people had cell phones that weighed, you know, less than three pounds each, as i remember. but 25 to 30 people came together with dr. jacobs. they sat in his den. he testified before our committee just last week on this. and he said, through the sbir program, their...
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new areas for us. we undertake new regulation. >> listening to you take off that list none of those sound like, additional regulation, and thoughtful additional regulatory framework in light of the biggest meltdown on wall street. would you share that view? >> these are areas that as we write the rules, we are -- we make sure we write a sensible rule as we possibly can. >> will you share this view? is this just an example of more -- >> there's a difference in what we said and characterized. to was an enormously large area of regulatory authority. when we talk about regulating hedge funds with the municipal market, when you regulate hedge fund deregulate investment advisers which is arguably what they are or investment companies which is a close cousin. when the regulated mutual-fund, hasn't been terribly effective. was a new substantive responsibility with a new -- >> would you say that some of the problems in the wall street meltdown in december of 2008 had to do with a quality appointees, namely a bu
new areas for us. we undertake new regulation. >> listening to you take off that list none of those sound like, additional regulation, and thoughtful additional regulatory framework in light of the biggest meltdown on wall street. would you share that view? >> these are areas that as we write the rules, we are -- we make sure we write a sensible rule as we possibly can. >> will you share this view? is this just an example of more -- >> there's a difference in what we...
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using the citizen corp. counsel to message locally, what's effective, and again, there's actually a book with this title -- "how do you think about the unthinkable?" and base that on the fear and actions it takes to survive. we're working with the department of energy experts, the national laboratories, and we're conducting this webinar this week on how we work with coms and talk about something very difficult that's difficult to talk about. >> that's a work in progress now? >> yes, sir. >> what -- but obviously you are working on it. i presume you'd use -- train all the local areas around the country to use both existing communication systems, public ones like radio and tv but also, obviously, now use internet and cell phone and the like? >> yes, sir, again, how do we -- this is how we challenge the team. there's a way we communicate the way we are set up to. there's different tools and the people aren't using the same tools we are. how do you start incorporating that in and look at how people communicate v
using the citizen corp. counsel to message locally, what's effective, and again, there's actually a book with this title -- "how do you think about the unthinkable?" and base that on the fear and actions it takes to survive. we're working with the department of energy experts, the national laboratories, and we're conducting this webinar this week on how we work with coms and talk about something very difficult that's difficult to talk about. >> that's a work in progress now?...
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the chaplain: let us pray. o god, you have given us the great hope that your kingdom shall come on earth. use the members of this body to work for that glorious day when your will is done on earth even as it is done in heaven. open their minds of our senators to the counsels of eternal wisdom, breathing into their souls your peace which passes understanding. give them the grace to seek first your kingdom, and help them to grow as you add unto them all things needful. lord, empower them through exemplary living to make this nation a shining city upon a hill. we pray in your gracious name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., march 31, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule
the chaplain: let us pray. o god, you have given us the great hope that your kingdom shall come on earth. use the members of this body to work for that glorious day when your will is done on earth even as it is done in heaven. open their minds of our senators to the counsels of eternal wisdom, breathing into their souls your peace which passes understanding. give them the grace to seek first your kingdom, and help them to grow as you add unto them all things needful. lord, empower them through...
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they are also using different credit models. >> right. >> they are using credit models that give you much more realtime knowledge about your borrower. so the minute that i think one of them is even connected to the bank statements and you minute that you miss an interest payment on something else, you know, there's the signal or the minute that your cash flow goes negative at the bank, there's a signal to this particular lender. >> absolutely. i think it's a lot of exciting and interesting questions. there are a lot of what ifs. we can use technology to map these things so much more closely. what if more lending and investing was based on the different set of criteria. with profounder, i'm focused much more on investing. there's no reason we can't and probably will do this in comes months, provide debt and equity options as well. right now the model allow entrepreneurs to raise funding from their communities under regulation rule 504 based on a revenue share agreement. it's a little different model. but i think it works for the small businesses, high growths and others that have come
they are also using different credit models. >> right. >> they are using credit models that give you much more realtime knowledge about your borrower. so the minute that i think one of them is even connected to the bank statements and you minute that you miss an interest payment on something else, you know, there's the signal or the minute that your cash flow goes negative at the bank, there's a signal to this particular lender. >> absolutely. i think it's a lot of exciting...
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that's not good for us. the president has proposed that we should raise the taxes on oil companies, but in the middle of tough economic times, the american people are not open to those policies that will increase their energy costs. there is a better path that would do more to bolster our energy security, more to create jobs, more to generate government revenues and equally, more to reduce our deficit. instead of punishing one industry to promote another, let's use our tremendous reserves of conventional resources which account for more than 80% of our energy supply. let's use these to fund the next generation of clean technologi technologies. let's prove up and produce our resources and then put these revenues towards whether it's tax incentives, whether it's additional research, whether it's studies at our universities, you name it, but let's -- let's use these wisely. speaking specifically to the regulatory burdens on energy, i think we all recognize that the clean air act has made our air cleaner and cer
that's not good for us. the president has proposed that we should raise the taxes on oil companies, but in the middle of tough economic times, the american people are not open to those policies that will increase their energy costs. there is a better path that would do more to bolster our energy security, more to create jobs, more to generate government revenues and equally, more to reduce our deficit. instead of punishing one industry to promote another, let's use our tremendous reserves of...
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i encourage us to use a multipronged approach as we move forward. we need to reverse the current spending trend of the congress. we need to address long-term obligations and put statutory back stops into place to make sure it will be very difficult for future congresses to do what past congresses have done. as a very new member of the senate appropriations committee, i'll be asking federal agencies to identify further programs and ways to reduce federal spending. the administration has been on the right track in several key areas. they have proposed to cut or terminate almost 150 discretionary programs that would save about $21 billion. and defense programs that would save about $25 billion. but that savings should be put to reducing our total need to borrow and not pumped back into additional spending by the government. additionally, we need to incorporate what we just learned from the general accounting office about inefficient and due politic tip areas of the federal budget, g.a.o.'s consolidation and eliminating programs should be fully reviewed
i encourage us to use a multipronged approach as we move forward. we need to reverse the current spending trend of the congress. we need to address long-term obligations and put statutory back stops into place to make sure it will be very difficult for future congresses to do what past congresses have done. as a very new member of the senate appropriations committee, i'll be asking federal agencies to identify further programs and ways to reduce federal spending. the administration has been on...
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>> well, what i will do in giving you a response now is use the same language we've used in response to violence against journalists in those parts of the world that you mentioned. we are aware of the reports of the foreign journalists being detained or physically harassed in beijing and we find those reports disturbing. we call on the chinese government respect the rights of the foreign journalists to report in china and urged public security authorities to protect the safety and well-being of anyone who is the subject to a legal harassment or intimidation i believe ambassador hans minn at our embassy in beijing put out a statement, and i refer you to that for more information, but we obviously do not think that this is acceptable for journalists not to be a will to do the work and to be harassed or detect the the two detained. sorry, i guess. >> i heard you mention representative government and also moving towards democracy. is it your position that the people in all these countries in the region deserve the right to elect their leaders three elections? >> we support democracy. we
>> well, what i will do in giving you a response now is use the same language we've used in response to violence against journalists in those parts of the world that you mentioned. we are aware of the reports of the foreign journalists being detained or physically harassed in beijing and we find those reports disturbing. we call on the chinese government respect the rights of the foreign journalists to report in china and urged public security authorities to protect the safety and...
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i've been a strong advocate of using whatever means we can put in place that would provide us security but i do believe in the earlier system that we have launched several efforts, very expensive. when the chechen bombers destroyed aircraft we were seeking a quick solution. we knew we didn't have deployed at the airports the equipment and i was told that offer would be the answer. i went to new jersey and tested the cover, went through at least three times with some material that should have set it off and none of the three times did it set it off. but i was assured it was just a technical problem and they started as you know and expensive deployment and was not advised when they were deploying the backscatter ashes and millimeter all the light interest them to look to the millimeter wave i must say they had been supportive of using had financed technology that i think the important thing is testing. i was told the puffers would work and didn't. god only knows where they are sitting and i asked the committee staff to fiasco. now we are going to buy $1.5 billion of equipment. i had the
i've been a strong advocate of using whatever means we can put in place that would provide us security but i do believe in the earlier system that we have launched several efforts, very expensive. when the chechen bombers destroyed aircraft we were seeking a quick solution. we knew we didn't have deployed at the airports the equipment and i was told that offer would be the answer. i went to new jersey and tested the cover, went through at least three times with some material that should have...
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let me remind you, us mr. president, the president'sag budget has a n uatsio anamassind national debt of more than $20 trillion within the next naa five years. ove amassing the national debt of over $20 trillion would into the next five years. we are projected to spend more than $1.6 trillion this year alone more than we are taking in. that is a $1.6 trillion deficit es this year. e does this mean we can expect the president's budget director to present us with a piece of paper that outlines $1.6 trillion in? cuts for the current fiscal year? if so, that's great news. ccess, h if the president's measure success as he said is a plan that makes sure we live within our means, the way most people do telhami showing up early for this meeting.nce unfortunately, the president is once again just saying somethin. he thinks people want to hear.fr if democrats had a plan of their own that would cut 1 dollar inld spending i think we would have seen it by now.respsibili democrats a dedicated all ckless responsibility for t
let me remind you, us mr. president, the president'sag budget has a n uatsio anamassind national debt of more than $20 trillion within the next naa five years. ove amassing the national debt of over $20 trillion would into the next five years. we are projected to spend more than $1.6 trillion this year alone more than we are taking in. that is a $1.6 trillion deficit es this year. e does this mean we can expect the president's budget director to present us with a piece of paper that outlines...
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you can pretty much use every dollar use anything. and then, that would be what you would do because you guys know where to put your money. that was very, very clear. but from a political strategy standpoint, being willing to say to congress we understand, we have to rethink about what we need from the federal government, we are willing to maybe take some things off the table. and we are willing to streamline as was said, our own processes. we're willing to shell out transparent and accountable we can be. we are willing to use performance management, not just performance measurement. we are willing to help our industry paint a better picture. that's going to be important to the political situation. and we've heard this over and over again. and i know people are tired of hearing, the government, they just waste all that money you're or if they just been the money doing this, things would be fine. it's a hard reality to deal with, but we are in a place where now, more than ever, the transportation committee have to be willing to take so
you can pretty much use every dollar use anything. and then, that would be what you would do because you guys know where to put your money. that was very, very clear. but from a political strategy standpoint, being willing to say to congress we understand, we have to rethink about what we need from the federal government, we are willing to maybe take some things off the table. and we are willing to streamline as was said, our own processes. we're willing to shell out transparent and accountable...
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we continue to use it. when people talk about alternative energy options, talking about hydroelectric, solar wind, biofuels, all this, 7% of the america's energy, total, energy consumption comes from what is called alternative fuels areas. 9% of our energy is coal, natural gas and oil -- 93%. people talk about ramp up more of alternative energy options to provide for the other part they realize we're ramped up in a lost areas. hydroelectric is our top producer of energy that is not coal, natural gas or oil. so, continue to do that but you only have so many streams in places you can put a dam to produce that kind of energy. it is great energy. it is clean energy. we should continue to use that. for the foreseeable future we'll be using traditional fuels. you can't shut off oil, natural gas and coal and say we're not going to do those anymore. we're going to use all biofuels or we'll use all wind and solar. 1% of our energy is coming from solar or wind that is not enough to actually fuel america. >> host: jim
we continue to use it. when people talk about alternative energy options, talking about hydroelectric, solar wind, biofuels, all this, 7% of the america's energy, total, energy consumption comes from what is called alternative fuels areas. 9% of our energy is coal, natural gas and oil -- 93%. people talk about ramp up more of alternative energy options to provide for the other part they realize we're ramped up in a lost areas. hydroelectric is our top producer of energy that is not coal,...
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but i think we are closer now with a better agenda balance to everyday use, consumers use. and in the crime section, very much so. so -- >> are half of your readers women? >> 49% actually, yeah. >> so having women in your journalist ranks reflects your readership as well? >> excuse me. >> having women in your journalist reflects your readers concerns as well? >> yes, absolutely. >> you always agree it's important. what have your companies done specifically? let's start with you to make sure we get there. >> well, at cbc, obviously we have hiring equity practices. all things being equal, the equity piece gets played in terms of preferences. but i think for cbc, the strategy has been to be deliberate. i'll tell you a story. karen levine who is a documentary making, author, and she's a radio producer at cbc, and in the early '90s was the producer of as it happens. which some of you might have heard on npr. she told she sounded too official and too male. the first stop was to her to track how many stories were featuring female and male and begin the discussions with the produce
but i think we are closer now with a better agenda balance to everyday use, consumers use. and in the crime section, very much so. so -- >> are half of your readers women? >> 49% actually, yeah. >> so having women in your journalist ranks reflects your readership as well? >> excuse me. >> having women in your journalist reflects your readers concerns as well? >> yes, absolutely. >> you always agree it's important. what have your companies done...
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has been used to secure risk. we must remember what happened in terms of the collapse of freddie mac and fannie mae. what happened was congress directed that they buy a certain percentage of their portfolio and what were called affordable loans, which became subprime securities, which became 13% of their portfolio, which brought them down when is up subprime securities collapsed. if we all of a sudden decide to pass regulations to define a qualified residential mortgage that are so prohibitive that we run everybody through f.h.a., then we'll be putting a burden on f.h.a. and creating a situation of another collapse or another inability of the united states to meet housing needs through the private sector. and through we will underwritten loans. so my reason for coming to the floor is to send a message before the decisions are made to be thoughtful in determining what the parameters will be on qualified residential mortgage. yes, i do think an 80% or less loan should be qualified and avoid risk retention. but a wel
has been used to secure risk. we must remember what happened in terms of the collapse of freddie mac and fannie mae. what happened was congress directed that they buy a certain percentage of their portfolio and what were called affordable loans, which became subprime securities, which became 13% of their portfolio, which brought them down when is up subprime securities collapsed. if we all of a sudden decide to pass regulations to define a qualified residential mortgage that are so prohibitive...
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these ideas make us who we are. they make us great. but if our foreign policy does not reflect these ideals, it completely undermines them. i have seen firsthand that termination of the promise of the congolese people. i hope you will consider visiting eastern congo to learn and see what i have. any of you are welcome to come with me. the congolese people simply want to live their lives in peace, earn a decent living, and raise their families just like the rest of us. they want a voice in their country's governance. i will never give into the nay dlooi sayers who suggest is hopeless is not. deserve a better tomorrow and the eastern congo initiative will do our small part to ensure that it does. it is in the interest of all of us here to support the people of the congo, move forward toward democracy and respect for human rights and to move away from the multiple crises and horrors over the last 15 years. thank you very much. it is really an honor to be here. and i'm happy to expand on any of these points to answer your questions. thanks
these ideas make us who we are. they make us great. but if our foreign policy does not reflect these ideals, it completely undermines them. i have seen firsthand that termination of the promise of the congolese people. i hope you will consider visiting eastern congo to learn and see what i have. any of you are welcome to come with me. the congolese people simply want to live their lives in peace, earn a decent living, and raise their families just like the rest of us. they want a voice in their...
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can that make us a better country? can that help us out of a recession? merchants can't say "no" to visa or mastercard because of the market power of these two credit card giants and because swipe fees are fixed by the networks. a merchant doesn't even have the option of negotiating a better deal. so merchants are stuck with ever-increasing swipe fees passed along to the consumers in the quoft of gas -- in the cost of gasoline and groceries. consumers pay for the debit interchange system to the tune of $16 billion a year. do you know what the interchange fee is in canada, charged by visa and mastercard, the same fee i've been talking about here, through the banks in canada? zero. there's no interchange fee. you know what it is in europe? a fraction of what it is in the united states. now why is that the case? why would these credit card giants say that they can't survive oversight of their interchange fees in the united states and charge zero in canada and pennies in europe? because the canadian government came to them and said, we are not going to let yo
can that make us a better country? can that help us out of a recession? merchants can't say "no" to visa or mastercard because of the market power of these two credit card giants and because swipe fees are fixed by the networks. a merchant doesn't even have the option of negotiating a better deal. so merchants are stuck with ever-increasing swipe fees passed along to the consumers in the quoft of gas -- in the cost of gasoline and groceries. consumers pay for the debit interchange...
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he's quitting us -- visiting us from qatar. sitting to my right is is -- wee thinking of the diplomat actually who has had a long career which is the modern leading business associations in the country. to my immediate left, jackie kameel who is the director of the civil society in egypt. to her left is awais sufi, and finally at the far end of the table is awais sufi who is -- sorry, amira maaty who is in the international endowment for democracy. quite a range of expertise and interest on the panel. we'll begin with asking each of the panelist to make five minutes of remarks according to their own interest and themes. let me begin then with jackie kameel to my immediate left. >> hi, everyone. i speak about expectations of the civil society and the needs that would actually help us do a better job in the new egypt. so basically the role of the civil society is for me is identifying gaps and issues and trying to come up with solutions to help close the gaps or sort them. for example, in the area of job creation and employment,
he's quitting us -- visiting us from qatar. sitting to my right is is -- wee thinking of the diplomat actually who has had a long career which is the modern leading business associations in the country. to my immediate left, jackie kameel who is the director of the civil society in egypt. to her left is awais sufi, and finally at the far end of the table is awais sufi who is -- sorry, amira maaty who is in the international endowment for democracy. quite a range of expertise and interest on the...
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they were used to my disappearing at night to use computers. my senior year of high school i skipped because there was a job i was offered which was an amazing job to work on this complicated computer project for trw, and i got to work with brilliant people and i got to learn more. the people i worked with my senior year of high school said you should skip college and get a h -- ph.d.. i bent went to my parents and say, yeah, i'm going to skip college. they said, well, actually, you should go to college, and that was good advice because in terms of social development -- i never finished my social development, but it helped. [laughter] >> when you were in high school you prepared a program that enabled you to get in classes with mostly girls as i understand it, so you met girls at that time. is that true? >> well, i wasn't good at meeting them, but, boy, they were nearby. [laughter] they tended to be the better looking girls for some reason. that's the beauty of being in charge of the computer scheduling as i decided when the classes met and who
they were used to my disappearing at night to use computers. my senior year of high school i skipped because there was a job i was offered which was an amazing job to work on this complicated computer project for trw, and i got to work with brilliant people and i got to learn more. the people i worked with my senior year of high school said you should skip college and get a h -- ph.d.. i bent went to my parents and say, yeah, i'm going to skip college. they said, well, actually, you should go...
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i thank them for working with us. i thank our ranking republican on the committee, the comanager of this measure, senator grassley. his staff, colin davis and rita laurie for their dedication to this effort. i want to thank my friend from utah, senator hatch, for having stuck with this bill for so many years. the two of us have been through more markups and more hearings and more meetings than we'd like to think. and senator kyl who has worked with us both in the hearings but also has helped us put together bipartisan meetings and interest groups and those who have an interest in the patent legislation. i want to extend my personal thanks as well to senator klobuchar of minnesota. she was active during committee consideration and she has helped manage this legislation effort in the senate and she has been outstanding, and of course like so many times the senate's action could not have been accomplished without the hard work of many dedicated staffers and individuals and companies. i'm happy to be on the floor with aar
i thank them for working with us. i thank our ranking republican on the committee, the comanager of this measure, senator grassley. his staff, colin davis and rita laurie for their dedication to this effort. i want to thank my friend from utah, senator hatch, for having stuck with this bill for so many years. the two of us have been through more markups and more hearings and more meetings than we'd like to think. and senator kyl who has worked with us both in the hearings but also has helped us...
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helps us grow and what doesn't help us grow? is it really true that american senators have the inability to be able to agree as to where the benefit comes to the economy and the multiplie multiplier with ro science research or technology research or other kinds of things that we can excite in the private sector? completely absent from this debate is an honest discussion of what actions only the government is actually equipped to take in order to bolster our global competitiveness. every c.e.o. in america knows that there are some things that, in fact, only the government can do. look at president eisenhower's national interstate highway system in the 1950's. by today's standards, you couldn't build it. it wouldn't happen by today's standards. but the fact is that more than 30% or 40%, maybe 50% of america's productivity came as a consequence -- increases came as a consequence of the building of the interstate highway system, not to mention billions of dollars' worth of spinoff jobs and tax revenues to our communities. we're stil
helps us grow and what doesn't help us grow? is it really true that american senators have the inability to be able to agree as to where the benefit comes to the economy and the multiplie multiplier with ro science research or technology research or other kinds of things that we can excite in the private sector? completely absent from this debate is an honest discussion of what actions only the government is actually equipped to take in order to bolster our global competitiveness. every c.e.o....
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instructor asked us, can you tell us what an expert is? one of us gave an answer he wasn't happy with. he set out to you at an. someone who knows everything we think they do. experts will get you killed. what you want to be as a professional. a professional is someone who such as icann, the realizing they were sent to keep going and nothing underscores like this quote right here. as mark twain puts it, it and what you don't know if it gets you into trouble. it's what you know for sure that just ain't so. next slide. the military knows a lot. defense industry knows a lot. all of you sitting here know a lot. you're doing it. you are doing it today and you are doing it save lives and to make sure that we can keep being the best in that we are. this quote by half arnold is really important. the idea of don't get comfortable. you can't rest on your laurels and they can't be experts. we have to be professionals. this half arnold, but there's winston churchill. winston churchill was from coal to oil. that changed the world. military tickets were
instructor asked us, can you tell us what an expert is? one of us gave an answer he wasn't happy with. he set out to you at an. someone who knows everything we think they do. experts will get you killed. what you want to be as a professional. a professional is someone who such as icann, the realizing they were sent to keep going and nothing underscores like this quote right here. as mark twain puts it, it and what you don't know if it gets you into trouble. it's what you know for sure that just...
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this is the bill that's before us. this c.r., it's a vehicle by which we can speak to the american people, speak to the financial markets, speak to the entire world that the united states realizes that our path is an unsustainable one and we are going to do something about it. we are moving off that path. it's going to be a tougher road for awhile, but it's the road to prosperity, it's the road to growth, it's the road to more jobs. excessive debt slows down the economy, as roghoffen rhine hard's book and studies show, as secretary gien heart testified in the budget committee. it's it's possible we could have a debt crisis, an adverse incident that is exacerbated by the very high levels of debt that we're under. mr. president, i thank the chair and would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. sessions sessions: i suggese absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presidin
this is the bill that's before us. this c.r., it's a vehicle by which we can speak to the american people, speak to the financial markets, speak to the entire world that the united states realizes that our path is an unsustainable one and we are going to do something about it. we are moving off that path. it's going to be a tougher road for awhile, but it's the road to prosperity, it's the road to growth, it's the road to more jobs. excessive debt slows down the economy, as roghoffen rhine...
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tell us the process? i understand the legal process to bring this default mortgage back to the original owner, or the can be as much as one half of the mortgage. >> host: mr. pruitt? >> guest: charles i think is expressing something that is very real. we talk about the depreciation, devaluation of homes across the country. the other component that contributes to that problem is the job market that we're in, lower wages, ability of folks to meet loans they engaged in couple years ago, three, four, whenever they entered into the purchase of the home. i think it is wrong answer to come in and say however, that principle owed by this individual consumer should be reduced arbitrarily by some third party. one of the questions asked of general miller and it is a question i've had consistently, let's assume hypothetically for a second we engage in this process of getting 20 to $25 billion whatever the number would be from these five servicers. who will be custodian of those monies? how are we going to determine w
tell us the process? i understand the legal process to bring this default mortgage back to the original owner, or the can be as much as one half of the mortgage. >> host: mr. pruitt? >> guest: charles i think is expressing something that is very real. we talk about the depreciation, devaluation of homes across the country. the other component that contributes to that problem is the job market that we're in, lower wages, ability of folks to meet loans they engaged in couple years...
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and to urge us to act. none of us want to bump up on the debt ceiling. none of us are advocating that. what we're advocating is to take action now, real, serious budget reform, to put us on a more fiscally sustainable path. we need to do that now. that's why we came to the floor with these concerns on the patent bill. we need to do that now. we need to act now. we need to get on the fiscally sustainable path now. the clock is ticking, as chairman bernanke reminded us before the banking committee this morning. with that, madam president, i look forward to locking in a vote on this matter and in the consent that establishes that, we will be happy to withdraw the other amendment and simply have one vote on the now-combined toomey-vitter amendment. with that, madam president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: i'd ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without obje
and to urge us to act. none of us want to bump up on the debt ceiling. none of us are advocating that. what we're advocating is to take action now, real, serious budget reform, to put us on a more fiscally sustainable path. we need to do that now. that's why we came to the floor with these concerns on the patent bill. we need to do that now. we need to act now. we need to get on the fiscally sustainable path now. the clock is ticking, as chairman bernanke reminded us before the banking...
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and some of us differ on it. some of our members here, our good valuable members agree with you 100%. so you have support on this committee and you have my support but i want to get together with the people that can make it go and be sure they can make it go. and i don't want to close the bidding to anybody in the world, but i want them to do more than just sign a contract. i want them to show, as you say, that they can do that that they're contracting to do and not go halfway and look back over the shoulder and say, so sorry. that's what we have to guard against and i thank you for your answer. at this time i recognize mrs. johnson. >> thank you very much. i'm not really sure where to begin. you have indicated that nasa has planned the last shuttle mission, sts135, that funds are available. recognizing the appropriations of 2011 have not even been finalized, what priority does sts135 have relative to the priorities of nasa otherwise? >> congresswoman, sts135 is on my schedule and i plan to fly sts135 in june. i
and some of us differ on it. some of our members here, our good valuable members agree with you 100%. so you have support on this committee and you have my support but i want to get together with the people that can make it go and be sure they can make it go. and i don't want to close the bidding to anybody in the world, but i want them to do more than just sign a contract. i want them to show, as you say, that they can do that that they're contracting to do and not go halfway and look back...
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tell us, what our states tell us, what our mayors tell us. forever more, they are repealing the clean air act as it relates to carbon pollutionment. -- pollution. outrageous, we have to beat it. we must beat it. it is so bad. it goes against the supreme court decision and, by the way, there will be lawsuits up the witwazoo if it ever became law. the supreme court said if we find scientists that carbon pollution is dangerous, we have to regulate it. guess what? the scientists found that carbon pollution is dangerous. the e.p.a. is ready to act i think in a judicious way, they're not going after farms or small business. that's not good enough. these special interests who took this huge ad today standing against the -- beautiful ad. it looks element environmental. green. this isn't green. it's dirty. dirty air. that's what this ad stands for, dirty air. a lot of people didn't want me to come back here because they knew i'd come here and tell the truth about this. but i'm here. i'm going to tell the truth every day every way because i love my gra
tell us, what our states tell us, what our mayors tell us. forever more, they are repealing the clean air act as it relates to carbon pollutionment. -- pollution. outrageous, we have to beat it. we must beat it. it is so bad. it goes against the supreme court decision and, by the way, there will be lawsuits up the witwazoo if it ever became law. the supreme court said if we find scientists that carbon pollution is dangerous, we have to regulate it. guess what? the scientists found that carbon...
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briefly, madam chairman, in that same article you say it was directed only to policymakers yet you use this language.
briefly, madam chairman, in that same article you say it was directed only to policymakers yet you use this language.
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it affects all of us. you might think that it's a foreign issue and it's on the other side of the planet that it shouldn't effect us with any fact imports coming from canada or indeed the continent, the problem that occurs abroad affects all of us here at home so the importance of actually deploying forces to try to deal with the problem. one of the things we, of course, note in dealing with the problem, it's expanding at the same time. as was the admiral just indicated, it spread across the entire indian ocean right up with the shoreline with india. we've seen significant spikes in some of the attacks. originally in the gulf in aden and we cannot put enough hard power and ships at the problem when you think of the sheer geography and the scale that the pirates are working in some some of their adaptive techniques where we're looking at them taking mother ships they take cargo and shipping boats and they use them to their advantage. it allows persistence, further distance offshore and allows them the oppor
it affects all of us. you might think that it's a foreign issue and it's on the other side of the planet that it shouldn't effect us with any fact imports coming from canada or indeed the continent, the problem that occurs abroad affects all of us here at home so the importance of actually deploying forces to try to deal with the problem. one of the things we, of course, note in dealing with the problem, it's expanding at the same time. as was the admiral just indicated, it spread across the...
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asthma, doesn't provide us with a soup which makes us sick. the clean air act has been an enormous success in cleaning up our air. the republicans want to slash that by 30%. republicans want to cut the women and infant nutrition programs. this is the program that provides the -- the w.i.c. provides the -- the w.i.c. >> it supplied supplemental nutrition programs for women, infants, and children. they want to cut that by $750 million. poverty in america is increasing. women and little kids do not get good nutrition. the births might be low rate or the little babies might come down with illnesses if they don't have good nutrition. yet, the republicans want to cut the program by $750 million, 10%. title i education funding. republicans want to cut $5 billion from the department of education. on and on and on it goes. now, what do i think? do i think it's appropriate that we balance the budget on low income women and infants who need nutrition? do you think we should throw kids off the head start program, cut the social security administration sev
asthma, doesn't provide us with a soup which makes us sick. the clean air act has been an enormous success in cleaning up our air. the republicans want to slash that by 30%. republicans want to cut the women and infant nutrition programs. this is the program that provides the -- the w.i.c. provides the -- the w.i.c. >> it supplied supplemental nutrition programs for women, infants, and children. they want to cut that by $750 million. poverty in america is increasing. women and little kids...
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i used to be governor. as governor, you had to propose budgets, you had to propose balanced budgets, you had to balance the budgets, you had to work with the legislature. mike castle is governor, pete dupont, we focused very hard on the fiscal responsibility. the eight years i was governor, we had eight balanced budgets in a row. seven years, we cut taxes. a couple years we actually paid down some debt. we ended up with a aaa credit rating for the first time in the history of delaware. so i feel i know something about this issue. so do a number of my colleagues. we're having a lot of debate, as we should, over what our spending plan is going to be in this continuing resolution to try to fund the government, whether it be another two weeks, another four weeks or six months. that's all well and good, it's important. we need to get started and demonstrate that we're able to reduce this deficit and reduce our debt. but we need to keep in mind that while it's important what we do in the first -- in the next six
i used to be governor. as governor, you had to propose budgets, you had to propose balanced budgets, you had to balance the budgets, you had to work with the legislature. mike castle is governor, pete dupont, we focused very hard on the fiscal responsibility. the eight years i was governor, we had eight balanced budgets in a row. seven years, we cut taxes. a couple years we actually paid down some debt. we ended up with a aaa credit rating for the first time in the history of delaware. so i...
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-- comparing us with agrees. now, the right honorable gentleman makes an interesting point. at what point in our history did we turn over our economy to the ratings agencies? at what point did we say to ourselves, it's only a rating agencies when the rating agencies call you, and they all have a fix -- they have a panic. you're not to reduce our ratings, are you? mr. speaker, why would -- why did we as a nation state give our economy over to a ratings agency to moody's, to standard & poor's? where was the chancellor of the exchequer who said, no, i'm not going to do that. and in relation to the ratings agencies. the ratings agencies accepted the deficit reduction plan of a labour government. they were happy with the four-year program. it was this particular government who fell back to the age of the noble lords and to the -- john major referred to my right honorable member. it's not working. it's not -- [laughter] >> it's not working. and that was the two points. the honorable gentleman gave away one i'm not sure
-- comparing us with agrees. now, the right honorable gentleman makes an interesting point. at what point in our history did we turn over our economy to the ratings agencies? at what point did we say to ourselves, it's only a rating agencies when the rating agencies call you, and they all have a fix -- they have a panic. you're not to reduce our ratings, are you? mr. speaker, why would -- why did we as a nation state give our economy over to a ratings agency to moody's, to standard &...
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by using t.a.r.p. to bail out banks, our financial regulators were able to hide the regulatory failures, and there were many leading up to the crisis. going forward, our regulators will have reduced insent is to be tough with the big banks if they know their work has little baring on whether or not the bank fails. government has intervention in the market to achieve end. the sloppy drafting gave the treasury secretary unfettered discretion on how he spent the money, and as a result, he was used to bailout politically powerful auto makers and put billions into a homeowner assistance program. some say t.a.r.p. is a success because it yields a so-called profit. i'm not persuadeed. the taxpayer will likely still take losses on t.a.r.p.'s housing programs and many financial institutions have yet to fully repay their t.a.r.p. funds. moreover, t.a.r.p. used taxpayers' dollars for very risky investments. a proper evaluation of the returns on any investment most appropriately adjust for risk. i believe such in
by using t.a.r.p. to bail out banks, our financial regulators were able to hide the regulatory failures, and there were many leading up to the crisis. going forward, our regulators will have reduced insent is to be tough with the big banks if they know their work has little baring on whether or not the bank fails. government has intervention in the market to achieve end. the sloppy drafting gave the treasury secretary unfettered discretion on how he spent the money, and as a result, he was used...
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now we have 88 of us. now, i'll skip over her time as a broadcaster and all the things she did that senator mikulski talked about, her work in human rights. but i want to just conclude with her brave, brave, brave spirit as she faced multiple mil my my, the bone cancer that ultimately took her life. and i want to do it in this context. i have a good friend now whose name is robin, and her mother is battling the same kind of cancer that geri was battling. and as we know, geri was given four or five years and went on, thank god, for much longer. this woman lives far away from her daughter, robin, and when geri passed, she called her and she said, i need to see you. will you come out and stay with me as i battle this cancer? and -- and robin said, well, what is it, mom, you're doing great? and she said, we just lost geri and she was the one who kept my heart and soul together and my spirits up and i knew she was there battling. and now that i've lost her, she said, i've lost her, i don't know, i feel a hole,
now we have 88 of us. now, i'll skip over her time as a broadcaster and all the things she did that senator mikulski talked about, her work in human rights. but i want to just conclude with her brave, brave, brave spirit as she faced multiple mil my my, the bone cancer that ultimately took her life. and i want to do it in this context. i have a good friend now whose name is robin, and her mother is battling the same kind of cancer that geri was battling. and as we know, geri was given four or...
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make us a people devoted to prayer. tame our wandering hearts and help us discover the meaning of freedom, justice, and mercy. help our people to have the faith to seek you and the grace to pray for our enemies. lord, this is a solemn and holy day. today we celebrate a saint of your church. may the virtues that st. patrick embodied be instructive to us. for despite adversity, patrick helped others find good news, and his actions changed a society. may our lawmakers, like patrick, grow in their love for you and their service to others. enable them to see beyond the positions that divide this body and help them to long after humility, piety, and shared purpose. increase our faith, o lord, and help our unbelief. rouse our spirit and make us one nation under you. eternal father, spirit, word, we praise you, the lord and light of our salvation. hear our prayer, o lord. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america,
make us a people devoted to prayer. tame our wandering hearts and help us discover the meaning of freedom, justice, and mercy. help our people to have the faith to seek you and the grace to pray for our enemies. lord, this is a solemn and holy day. today we celebrate a saint of your church. may the virtues that st. patrick embodied be instructive to us. for despite adversity, patrick helped others find good news, and his actions changed a society. may our lawmakers, like patrick, grow in their...
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they just want us to do it. the time really thousand then for political -- now for political posturing should be over. we setup a procedure. it was agreed on in the vice president's office to get this h.r. 1 out of the way. everyone knows it's not going pass. it's a very very difficult, bad piece of legislation. we'll get rid of that. we will do what we think is responsible and cut spending b by $51 billion and not have all of those mean-spirited riders that are attached to h.r. 1 that on their own couldn't pass anything over here, mr. president. it is a mad rush to see who could do the most essential amendment. bring it over here in the day -- in the light of day, refer it to a committee, have a hearing on it, and once that was done, none of it would come to the floor with rare exception. they weren't willing to do that. so the time for pragmatism is overdue also. so this is what the senate's going to do. we're going to vote early on democrats plan and the republican plan. let the american he people see which i
they just want us to do it. the time really thousand then for political -- now for political posturing should be over. we setup a procedure. it was agreed on in the vice president's office to get this h.r. 1 out of the way. everyone knows it's not going pass. it's a very very difficult, bad piece of legislation. we'll get rid of that. we will do what we think is responsible and cut spending b by $51 billion and not have all of those mean-spirited riders that are attached to h.r. 1 that on their...
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so this is vital to us. there have been some reductions in our audio engineer as we've moved to some automated -- to some automated systems but we are not forsaking our heritage which is the rich audio experience of public radio. >> so there's no diminution of audio quality from your perspective? >> that is in the -- i guess you could say the eye of the listener. it would be in the ear of the listeners, i suppose. but there are -- we have fewer audio engineers going to do field reporting and so not every story has a full crew. and in those cases perhaps you don't have some of the same layering and richness of sound but generally speaking we have really not heard any complaints from our listeners in any -- in any significant numbers at all about a diminution of our sound. >> okay. the question is arianna huffington got paid $300 million. couldn't npr one of the best brand names of business raise a huge amount of money running as a private company and run commercials. >> that's not who we are. we are public ra
so this is vital to us. there have been some reductions in our audio engineer as we've moved to some automated -- to some automated systems but we are not forsaking our heritage which is the rich audio experience of public radio. >> so there's no diminution of audio quality from your perspective? >> that is in the -- i guess you could say the eye of the listener. it would be in the ear of the listeners, i suppose. but there are -- we have fewer audio engineers going to do field...
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let us discuss, let us discuss it. i start my presentation with mention united nations scientific committee latest book. they openly declare this special declaration. they decline to discuss any consequences at any account of victims because of circumstances. they avoid the discussion. they avoid. [speaking russian] >> translator: what i should mention, by all means. [speaking russian] >> translator: why are they keeping silent? [speaking russian] >> translator: one of the reasons is that there exists an agreement between world health organization and international atomic -- [inaudible] [speaking russian] >> translator: it was made in 1959. [speaking russian] >> translator: agencies signed an agreement according to -- [speaking russian] >> translator: the world health organization -- [speaking russian] >> translator: has no right to publish anything -- [speaking russian] >> translator: anything against the atomic power without consulting first the nuclear scientists. [speaking russian] >> translator: three years ago i
let us discuss, let us discuss it. i start my presentation with mention united nations scientific committee latest book. they openly declare this special declaration. they decline to discuss any consequences at any account of victims because of circumstances. they avoid the discussion. they avoid. [speaking russian] >> translator: what i should mention, by all means. [speaking russian] >> translator: why are they keeping silent? [speaking russian] >> translator: one of the...
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and i'm pleased it's been used, but remember it is the first time ever it's been used. this act, to make it even more important that it's being used and frustrating it hasn't been used, this act by the state department had immediate effect as i and many others have been suggesting that it would since the passage of these tools to the administration. within days of the state department's actions against naftaran, and according to news reports at the time, european firms such as dutch, royal dutch shale, total, state oil and italy e.n.i. announced they would pull operations out of iran's energy sector. exactly the kind of that the congress hoped this would have. on december 29, 2010, deputy steinberg announced investigation into firms that had not yet announced the petroleum sefrpblgt while the full list of these firms remains classified, public reports suggest that list includes at least a dozen firms, many of which are chinese, including the chinese national offshore oil company, chinese national petroleum company, and unipec. other firms come from germany, from turkey
and i'm pleased it's been used, but remember it is the first time ever it's been used. this act, to make it even more important that it's being used and frustrating it hasn't been used, this act by the state department had immediate effect as i and many others have been suggesting that it would since the passage of these tools to the administration. within days of the state department's actions against naftaran, and according to news reports at the time, european firms such as dutch, royal...
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so does the use of addictive substances? or crippling depression or debilitating disease that leaves us unable to work. now, under the government's logic the existence of those potential calamities would seem to justify have congress enact an insurance purchase requirement. aflac kind of it goes -- if you lose your job, you're sick they're going to pay for food and rent and all the necessities of life. so we can all have a comprehensive aflac to cover us. and make sure there's no cost shifting. but you know what? you don't need to go into those other markets to demonstrate the silliness, absurdity of a government's uniqueness arguments. i would just stick with the health care market for a second. the government's definition is so broad and capacious and for all the medical goods and services, products and all the arrangements can be used to pay them. that market alone can sustain an infinite number of mandates on the government. why is that? well, the proponents of obamacare and its predecessors have often justified this exe
so does the use of addictive substances? or crippling depression or debilitating disease that leaves us unable to work. now, under the government's logic the existence of those potential calamities would seem to justify have congress enact an insurance purchase requirement. aflac kind of it goes -- if you lose your job, you're sick they're going to pay for food and rent and all the necessities of life. so we can all have a comprehensive aflac to cover us. and make sure there's no cost shifting....